The Get More Smarter Podcast - A Weekly Show About Colorado Politics
The Get More Smarter Podcast is a weekly overview of Colorado politics. The podcast is hosted by seasoned Colorado politicos Jason Bane of ColoradoPols.com and Ian Silverii, former 9News talking head, former Denver Post Columnist, former Executive Director of ProgressNow Colorado, and current has-been. Each week they dive into the local and national news, and for some reason, have had Governors, US Senators, Members of Congress, and countless local elected officials as guests over the years. The guys are also frighteningly good at predicting the future. No, really. Are you ready to Get More Smarter?
Episodes
284 episodes
Toasting and Un-Toasting the Bread Sandwich (feat. Alex Kelloff)
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, the Bread Sandwich was toast, and now he’s…untoasted as Donald Trump un-undorseses him for the seat he already has in Congress. Then, what would you do w...
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Season 3
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Episode 271
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1:12:50
Colorado Republicans Have No Confidence in Anything (feat. Evan Munsing)
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, by the time you hear this episode we may be at war with Cuba, or Ecuador, or Transylvania, because there is seemingly no country that the FIFA Peace Priz...
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Season 3
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Episode 270
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1:15:42
The DHS Secretary is Noem More (feat. Joe Neguse and Shannon Bird)
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, there’s a lot going on in Colorado and the world this week, so we’ve got two interviews AND a full episode for you! We weren’t at war with Iran when we r...
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Season 3
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Episode 269
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1:21:46
Why is Inflation? (feat. Manny Rutinel)
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, does Colorado have MAGA Democrats? One concerning candidate forum might provide an answer. Then, Donald Trump delivered his first-ish State of the Union address in his second term; what d...
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Season 3
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Episode 268
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1:18:26
This Goes Out to All You Legislative Lunatics
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, in a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of cold hard cash, what does the SCOTUS tariff smackdown mean for Colorado’s 8th favorite member of congress? Then, while President Trump
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Season 3
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Episode 267
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1:04:53
We May Have Reached Rock Bottoms (feat. Dr. Francisco Rodriguez)
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, a Colorado Republican State Representative who will not be the state’s next governor has re-earned his podcast nickname as he proves, once again, that wh...
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Season 3
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Episode 266
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1:42:34
On a Scale of Zero to Authoritarianism, Where are We Now? (feat. Tom Pepinsky)
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, the reports of the political insurgency in Colorado Politics appear to have been greatly exaggerated; we check in on how the 2026 primaries are shaping u...
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Season 3
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Episode 265
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1:35:04
BONUS INTERVIEW: Hetal Doshi, Candidate for Colorado Attorney General
Jason had to take another emergency trip, this time to Greenland to help negotiate the surrender of Rebel Penguin Separatists to the Kingdom of Denmark, so this week you've just got Ian interviewing Hetal Doshi, candidate for the Democratic...
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Season 3
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45:39
There is No Grand Strategy at Work Here
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, four of the Republican candidates who will neither win the primary nor the general election to become Colorado’s next governor faced off in Weld County f...
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1:03:30
Which States Do Best on Gun Violence Prevention? (feat. Jessie Ojeda)
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, the legislature is back in session, the first big tranche of bills have been filed, and Colorado Democrats are as ready to do the people’s work as Colora...
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Season 2
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Episode 263
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1:31:09
Right-Wing Wokeism and Your Lying Eyes
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, there’s an old saying that “No man’s life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session,” but whoever said that obviously didn’t live in th...
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Season 2
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Episode 262
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1:03:02
What Are You Going to Do About It, Nerds?
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, HAPPY 2026! It’s an election year, most likely a very good one for the blue team, that is unless we find a way to get in our own way which we very well c...
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Season 2
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Episode 261
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1:12:59
Pete Hague-Seth and the Affordability Hoax
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, the State of Colorado lost a giant after State Senator Faith Winter tragically passed in a car accident, leaving a huge orange and blue void in th...
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Season 2
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Episode 260
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53:10
Affordability!
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, the Epstein Files bill passed the House and Senate nearly unanimously and was signed into law by Donald Trump. That means that we get to see everything t...
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Season 2
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Episode 259
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53:55
Wow, What a Story! (feat. Andrew Baumann)
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, we can finally shut up about the shut down as it has met a rather anticlimactic end right in time for the holiday travel crunch, but, the only thing we c...
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Season 2
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Episode 258
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1:25:13
Unleash the Blue-icane! (feat. Jeff Bridges)
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, it’s 2017 all over again, but bigger, better, and BLUE-YER as Democrats from all sides of the spectrum ride an anti-Trump wave to huge win margins across the co...
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Season 2
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Episode 257
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1:28:40
Colorado Republicans: Also Terrible at Fundraising (feat. Christy Powell)
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, the money is pouring into primary elections in Colorado, but, really just for one party, can you guess which one? Best friend of the pod Christy Powell is back to break down the third qua...
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Season 2
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Episode 256
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1:11:51
BONUS INTERVIEW: David Seligman, Candidate for Colorado Attorney General
Jason had to take an emergency trip to Argentina to check on his $20 billion investment in something called an "experiment in Anarcho-capitalism," so this week you've just got Ian interviewing David Seligman, candidate for the Democratic no...
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41:21
At Least We Haven't Been Shut Down (feat. Trisha Calvarese)
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, the Federal Government Shutdown enters its second-ish week and Democrats seem to have the upper hand, at least so far. Then, can puppy-killer DHS Secreta...
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1:10:47
Colorado Republicans Turn to Marxism (feat. Brianna Titone)
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, the shitdown shutshow or the shutdown shitshow or whatever you want to call it is officially on as Democrats and Republicans in Washington DC fail to reach an agreement on temporary funding and ...
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Season 3
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Episode 253
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1:29:35
Which is Worser? (feat. Eileen Laubacher)
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, despite polling showing that Colorado voters have soured on Democrats, they have not sweetened up to Republicans -- we explain why in a new segment calle...
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Season 3
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Episode 252
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1:27:57
BONUS INTERVIEW: A Progressive Income Tax in Colorado is Coming to a Ballot Near You (Feat. Christina Soliz of New Era Colorado & Chris deGruy Kennedy of the Bell Policy Center)
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, it's a special interview-only episode! Jason was volunteering in Siberia on a sabretooth tiger preserve so Ian reached out to old friend of the pod Chri...
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Season 3
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36:13
There is No Vaccine for Stupidity (feat. Logan Davis)
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, HOLY SHIT, it’s Episode 250!!! And we have a great one for you. First up, RFK Jr. gets his ass handed to him in a Senate Finance Committee Hearing...
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Season 3
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Episode 250
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1:23:52